Monzo Bank customers can now connect their bank accounts to Experian Boost, giving them the ability to increase their Experian Credit Score instantly for free.

Experian Boost is the UK’s first service to help consumers improve their credit scores using transactional information like total current account incomings and outgoings, as well as regular payments to digital streaming providers, savings accounts and council tax.

Governments, banks, notaries and e-ID schemes around the world can now access multi-jurisdictional advanced and qualified remote e-signature and e-sealing services from a single source, thanks to a new partnership between Cryptomathic and

ZEN (zen.com), a licenced European fintech company, has announced its launch in 32 markets, including the UK, with the support of Currencycloud, a leading provider of B2B embedded cross-border solutions. ZEN’s goal is to revolutionize digital payments and drive the future of commerce in order to simplify the online experience for both merchants and consumers.

For Data Protection Day 2021, 

Colt Technology Services has today announced the appointment of Mirko Voltolini as Vice President of Strategy and Innovation. In this newly created role, Mirko will seek to underpin Colt’s product capabilities with innovation and the latest emerging technologies in order to ensure Colt remains an industry leader. This role will also go beyond products and technology, with Mirko and his team playing a pivotal role in defining and driving the execution of Colt’s broader strategy.

Raindrop is a flexible, smart and secure solution specifically designed for self-employed workers to save for their futures in one easy-to-use online platform.

A new fully digital, flexible and smart pension platform, designed specifically for self-employed workers, has officially launched this week.

Yooz, the cloud-based Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) automation software company, has today unveiled Yooz Rising, its new and improved AP automation solution.

With improved user experience and new features, Yooz Rising has been launched in early 2021 and has already been successfully adopted by more than 500 organisations across the EMEA market.

Railsbank, the leading global Banking-as-a-Service platform, is helping to power sync., the world’s first digital smart open banking app.

Masthaven Bank has continued to strengthen and diversify its leadership team with the announcement of the promotions of Shelley Connelly and Sabahe Mrizag to Director level. 

Employee benefit and reward pioneer Ben has raised $2.5m in a round led by Cherry Ventures and Seedcamp. The round was also supported by notable FinTech and HRTech angel investors including Paul Forster of Indeed.com, Taavet Hinrikus of Transferwise, Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas of GoCardless (now Index Ventures), Philip Reynolds of Workday, and Matt Robinson of Nested.